Kyoko Hamaguchi

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Olympic medal record
Women's wrestling
Bronze 2004 Athens Freestyle 72 kg

Kyoko Hamaguchi (浜口 京子 Hamaguchi Kyōko?, born January 11, 1978 in Taitō-ku, Tokyo) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won World Championships five times, and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, winning a bronze medal in the 72 kg weight class.

She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc. and was nominated by JOC's Special Athlete Campaign.

Her father is professional wrestler Animal Hamaguchi, who is known for his emotional displays during Kyoko's matches. Although Kyoko has long wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and enter the professional game, the lack of a stable women's circuit since the collapse of All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling has led her to keep putting the idea off.

[edit] Profile

She did swimming while in junior high school. At the age of fourteen, she decided that she wanted to be a female professional wrestler and trained in the Animal Hamaguchi's Wrestling Dojo.

She has won the Japan Championship every year from 1996 to 2006, and has won the World Championships five times. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, she got a bronze medal in the 72kg class. She was also a flag bearer for the Japanese team in the opening Olympic ceremonies.

[edit] Results

  • 1996 - win - Japan Championship (70kg)
  • 1997 - win - Japan Championship (70kg)
  • 1997 - win - World Championship (75kg)
  • 1998 - win - Japan Championship (75kg)
  • 1998 - win - World Championship (75kg)
  • 1998 - FILA's female wrestler of the year
  • 1999 - win - Japan Championship (75kg)
  • 1999 - win - World Championship (75kg)
  • 2000 - win - Japan Championship (75kg)
  • 2001 - win - Japan Championship (75kg)
  • 2001 - win - East Asia Competition
  • 2002 - win - Japan Championship (72kg)
  • 2002 - win - World Championship (72kg)
  • 2002 - win - Asian Games at Busan (72kg)
  • 2003 - win - Japan Championship (72kg)
  • 2003 - win - World Championship (72kg)
  • 2004 - 2nd - Testing Competition for Athens Olympics (72kg)
  • 2004 - 3rd - Athens Olympics (72kg)
  • 2004 - win - Japan Championship (72kg)
  • 2005 - 2nd - World Championship (72kg)
  • 2005 - win - Japan Championship (72kg) (winning for 10 years), MVP (天皇杯 (Ten'noh-hai?))

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